Morphology of Nectaries and Biology of Nectar Production in the Distylous Species Fagopyrum esculentum | Zendy

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Morphology of Nectaries and Biology of Nectar Production in the Distylous Species Fagopyrum esculentum

Author(s) -

Valérie Cawoy,

JeanMarie Kinet,

AnneLaure Jacquemart

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcn150

Subject(s) - nectar , biology , botany , phloem , inflorescence , fagopyrum , vascular bundle , polygonaceae , trichome , sugar , photosynthesis , pollen , biochemistry

The mechanisms of floral nectar production in buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum, Polygonaceae), a distylous pseudo-cereal, have received relatively little attention, prompting an investigation of the factors that regulate this process. The aim was to perform a refined study of the structures that secrete nectar and of the internal and external parameters influencing nectar volumes and sugar concentrations.

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